We Tried and Tested the Best Gifts for Plant Lovers With Our Own Green Thumbs

Featured in this article Ostensibly, plant lovers should be the easiest to shop for. Just get them a plant, right? Wrong. (Well, most of the time.) I review indoor hydroponic gardens for WIRED and have been a proud plant parent for almost 30 years, so I can say that even if you have a running mental catalog of all your recipient's houseplants and know which ones they don't yet have, you may not know what they have space for, or what kind of substrate or pot they'd like to be using. In general, the best gifts remind them of the plants they do have, or that will help them care for them. However, suppose you know beyond a shadow of a doubt your recipient would indeed like a plant. In that case, we've included a couple of mail-order options from companies we've tried and recommend, including a lucky jade plant and a tree that bears edible fruit. For more gift ideas, check out our other gift guides , including Gifts for Bird Lovers , Gifts for Coworkers , Gifts for Book Lovers , and the Best Flower Delivery Services . Updated December 2025: We've added new gifts from LetPot and Ferry-Morse, and ensured up-to-date links and prices. A Stylish Propagation Station Mkono Plant Propagation Tubes Propagation tubes as decor is not a new concept, but not everyone has the table or shelf space for the number of tubes they need. This hanging version comes in small, medium, or large sizes, as well as your choice of wood finishes. There's also a white version with colored tubes if your recipient wanted to hang it in front of a window for a stained-glass effect. (They may want to treat the tubes with hydrogen peroxide first to avoid algae growth.) Pair one with a gift card to Palmstreet , an online marketplace for live plants in the vein of Etsy or Poshmark. The app's a bit cumbersome, but I had a surprisingly great time buying mystery boxes of houseplant cuttings to fill my own propagation tubes. Unwrapping each cutting was its own gift-I had no idea what specimens I was going to get, some of which ended up being quite interesting and/or rare. (Boxes average about $15 to $25.) For Keeping Leaves Clean and Healthy Goha Leaf Sweep Houseplants have a tendency to gather dust, especially on high shelves or in particularly dusty areas like near a litter box. This is bad news for plant health any time, but especially so during the winter months , when leaves need as much light as they can get. If your giftee has plants with lots of long, thin leaves, like a corn plant or ponytail palm , the Goha Leaf Sweep is an invaluable tool-it features little microfiber “socks” that fit over lockable plastic tongs, so you can clean both sides of the leaves at the same time. I also like to lock it in place and use one side at a time for plants...

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